Born in
Lausanne to a professional hockey player father, Bastian wanted to become a professional hockey player in the footsteps of his father and played on Swiss National League's Juniors Elite A side "Lausanne 4 Clubs" under the name Bastien Kaltenbacher. But interested in music as well, he joined the school choir in
Villeneuve, and was given solo roles. A father of a friend saw him in a performance in 2010 during a social gathering and offered to produce his songs. His first single "Lucky" produced by
Richard Meyer (aka Swayd) was launched in March 2011 and charted in the Swiss Singles Chart. He took part in Caprices Festival in April 2011 and at
Montreux Jazz Festival on 16 July 2011 releasing his debut album,
Tomorrow May Not Be Better, on 9 September 2011. The album reached No. 3 in the Swiss album charts and topped the Romandie Charts and earned him in 2012, the "Best Breaking Act" award during
Prix Walo, the official
Swiss Music Awards in French language. After that success, he was invited to perform in French television's
Taratata. His album
Tomorrow May Not Be Better was released in France on 27 April 2012 and his single "Lucky" gained success in France as well. From 13 October to 10 November 2012, he took part in
season 3 of
Danse avec les stars partnering with
Katrina Patchett finishing 7th out of 10 participating stars. Baker was the opening act for all dates of
Shania Twain's 2018
Now Tour and performed "
Party for Two" with her during her set. On 20 August 2020, Baker was officially signed to a one-year contract by third-tier
ice hockey team
HCV Martigny of the MySports League and was introduced to the media at a press conference that same day. ==Personal life==